The "yellow vests" face the French police another Saturday of demonstration

(Live Signal – La Vanguardia)

The "yellow vests"They come back this Saturday to demonstrate in the streets of France where it is the Thirteenth Saturday of the mobilization, almost three months after the start of the demonstrations, after gathering 58,600 people in the country at its last national gathering. There were clashes with the police at noon local time.

From a first step on November 17, which involved 287,710 people, the movement is transformed and now puts its resistance to the test divided between those who seek to take a political form and the most radical, who direct their criticism of the president, Emmanuel Macron.

This Saturday, demonstrations were organized in the Main cities country, starting with Paris, where the "vests" gathered in the morning around the Arc de Triomphe.

The procession crosses the Champs-Élysées and will pbad in front of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the National Assembly, the Senate, the headquarters of the employers' badociation and will end in the afternoon in the Champs de Mars, in front of the Eiffel Tower.

In other cities like Bordeaux, Marseille, Nice, Montpellier, Rouen or Caen There are calls throughout the day, some of which criticize the law that the National Assembly approved this week at first reading and seeks to control the overflow of violent on the sidelines of demonstrations.

In Montpellier, the group of "yellow vests" on Facebook called a concentration to denounce the text, commonly called riot law, which they consider as "liberticida", and that they will meet taking masks or scarves to cover the rest, like a gesture of protest.

Other groups have insisted on denouncing police repression after two weeks ago, one of the most well-known faces of the movement, Jérôme Rodrigues, had to be hospitalized after receiving in the eyes a projectile allegedly launched by the riot police.

Meanwhile, while the most radical reject any form of political representation, the most moderate sectors are still looking for ways to organize for the May European elections.

At least four groups claiming to be "yellow vests" have expressed their intention to become a party.

Eric Drouet, the most visible face of the radicals, hastened to disqualify them by considering that they do not represent the movement.

"They have all the freedom to stand for themselves, but not under the name of "yellow vest".that's why we asked them to remove that name, "he said. EFE The truck driver of 33 years.

The promoter of one of these lists for the upcoming Europeans, Ingrid Levavbadeur, he met this week in Italy the leader of the 5-star Movement (M5S), Luigi Di Maio, who is testing a possible alliance.

The approach provoked a Diplomatic crisis between France and Italy this promises to be aggravated if Rome insists on pronouncing itself in favor of this movement, which forced Macron to leave the Elysee Palace and to try to reconquer the country in a series of national debates.

At present, according to the latest YouGov survey released on Thursday, two in three French people continue to support the "yolks" and believe that the mobilization, in favor of improving the power of purchase and the reforms to build more representative institutions, is under way. justified.

(With EFE information)